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Panted Mar. 11,- 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,925, dated March 11, 1884.

Application filcdiJune 5152, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom. t may concern/.U

Be it 'known that weViLLmM C. SMrrH and WILLIAM L. HUNTER, of Lone Pine, in the county of Inyo and State of California, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pack-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention consists of improved packboxes designed to be used in lieu of the sack IO now employed for transporting ores, water, and other matters on pack-animals, the said boxes being cont-rived for being iilled and emptied without removing them from the animals, and being provided with means for I 5 substantial and durable connection to the packsaddle employed for mounting the boxes on the animals, all ashereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

2O which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus arranged on the animalis back, together with an extra package mounted on the boxes.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the ore-boxes as they appear in front or rear View,` one of the boxes being partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the boxes. tional elevation of a box of our contrivance adapted for carrying water. Fig. 5 is a plan view of an improved girth of our contrivance for use in securing the packsaddle, with the boxes and other packages, on the animal 5 and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an improved form of hook we use on the girth.

For carrying ore we make strong boxes a, of wood, open at the top, and'lined with thin sheet metal when required, said boxes being of suitable dimensions, according to the size 40 and strength of the animals to be used and the weight of the substance to be carried,with the back or inside b suitably curved for con'- formity to the shape of the packesaddle or aparajo on the animals body, to bear well thereon, so Aas to distribute the pressure evenlyv without discomfort to the animal-the front side, c, being vertical, or thcreabout, and the top, d, level,or nearly so, and the bottom consisting of a door or gate, e, that is hinged at 5o f, to be let downto open the'box and discharge the contentsvwithout removing it, and being Fig. 4f is a secprovided with a hasp, g, by which it lis to be drawn up tightly and fastened by an eccentric hook, h, suitably fitted on the front side of the box. In case we require the boxes for carryin g water, we make them substantially of the same shape, but closed at top and bottom, with an opening, t', fitted with a cover for iilling, `and provided with a faucet, j, at the bottom, for drawing off the water, the faucet being preferably constructed for screwing on a hose. To the boxes thus contrived we attach a strap, k, at the back, a short distance below the upper end, by rings Z, said strap being'to connect the boxes at each side to the backstrap mf, to slingthem over the top of the pack-saddle A, and to the front side of the boxes, near the lower end, we attach a strap, o ,with a ring, p, at each end, projecting atthe corners, suitable for the connection of the cords q, which wc stretch around under the lower corner of the pack-saddle through the loop f in the girth or ccnch c', that passes under the animals belly, the cord being brought up around the other corner of the pack-saddle on the same side of animal, and attached to the other ring, p, of the saine box. The boxes a are to be suitably bound and strengthened by strap-iron strips a, nailed or riveted on, as required, for substantial construction. rlhe boxes are to be marked inside with a measure scale, b, so that after a few cargoes have been weighed the packer can readily approximate the weight of the load, and also sec that each box contains an equal amount.

In Fig. l we have represented an extra package, c', secured on the top of our improved pack-boxes by the usual method of securing such packages with the cord or riatad of the girth of the common contrivance, said figure showing the advantages of our iur proved form of boxes, which,.being fiat on the top and vso shaped on the inside that the upper corners approach each other closely, afford a table or platform well adapted for loading on such extra parcels. A

In Figs. 2 and 5 we represent a girth, c, which goes under the animals belly for lashing the packsaddle to, and also the load carried on the packsaddle, which girth as ordinarily contrived has simply a ring at one end and a hook at the other for connecting the ICO lashing-rope, the rope generally being about inner sides, Z, and having open tops d and fifty feet long and the hook being made ot' a hinged bottoms c, and being adapted to be forked limb of a tree. XVe propose to attach connected together and attached to a packt\vo loops of leather straps and buckles, j, to saddle, substantially as described.

5 each end and the rings f/ h, to one of which i2. rlhe improved pack-boxes ,suitably con- 4o rings we attach the lashing-rope iin the usual nected, and having curved sides I1, to tit the manner, and to the other we connect a hook, sides of the paelcsaddle, and provided with j, which we propose to make out of metal, attaching-strap 7c and rings [,for connection by' making an eye, 7;', in the same plane the bend the strap m over the pack-saddle, substan- 10 of the hook is formed in, so that thebend will tially as described. 45 lie iiat with the eyc on the surface of the 3. The improved pack-boxes a, having girth; and at the top of the eye we make curved sides b, upper connections, k l mf, atanother hook, m", turned up i'rom the plane of taehing-rings j), and cords (1, in combination the rest, to connect with the ring 71', for atwith the pack-saddle A, substantially as de- 15 taehing the hook to the girth, and under this scribed. 5o upper hook we arrange a snap-spring, Z, of 4A. Improved paek-boxes,veach provided metal, for a safeguard to prevent the detachwith a filling-opening in its top, a dischargeing of the hook from the ring. B ynsing this opening at its bottom, a device i'or closing apparatus we can dispense with the sacks said discharge-opening, and means i'or con- 2o commonly used, which are expensive. Le necting two together' and attaching theln to a 55 can till the packages on the animals in a little pack-saddle, substantially as herein shown and more time than it requires to fill the sacks, described.

save the time and labor of tying or sewing 5. The combination, with the pack-saddle the sacks, and altogether save the time and A, the pack-boxes a, and the lashing-cords, of

25 labor required to pack, unpack, and ai'terthe girth c', provided with the loops j', the 6o ward unsack the goods, as is done in the usual ring g', and the hook j', substantially as herein manner of packing. In a distance ot' about a shown and described. quarter of a mile we can double the number W'ILLAM. C. SMITH.

of trips possible to be made in a given time VILLIAM L. HU N TER. 3o in the usual manner ot packing. \\'ilnesses 1`or\Villiam C. Smith:

Having thus described our invention, we FREDERICK SMITH, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters XV. R. JOHNSON. Patent XVitnesses for Tilliam L. Hunter:

l. The improved pack-boxes a, constructed JOHN l?. LAIRD, 3 5 substantiallyinthe described iornnwith curved JOHN Cnoren. 

